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5.. . ill. ., - . i ' . .1 . ' : . . 1 f i V'-J.' , :'4,'c' , . . . , T. . . . i ' - - ,,.,--. "-, - ,, " f " 1-1 l-'i.!-.wivw:.,v.'."' -'.I. -IE K.ALEIGH EVENING TIMES. ';" T 1 f - H1 VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. 9., TUESDAYjMAY 7, 1907. PEICS Cc. 1 BULLET WIFE AND CHILD A. PIERCED STILLfATfWORK liiliiE i!iiii:; Dl Fired as.She Held the Babe THE MOTHER EL DEAD The Husband Ttien Tnrned the Re ' ' volver AKftinst Hinwelf, and as ,- Second Shot ; Rang Through the . Hoose ' lie ?Pell I)Jlng TraKedy - A ,BeuIt of Simple Qiiarrel. . .-. . . ' . ' By Leased Wire to Thft,TlmeiO Washington, aMy .7. At a few minutes past 9 o'clock this morning a double tragedy was enacted at 131 Heckraan street, southwest, when tyillfam O. Rice, age aboijt 25, shot and killed nil wife,. Lillian Groves Rico, age 84, and then killed hlm- self, -The one-year-old infant of the couple was also shot as It was held in its mother's arms. Rice is a telegrapher and is em ployed at night as operator on the -Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. When he returned to his home this morn ing he Inquired for his wife and on being told that she had not yet arisen he became abusive and quarrelsome, He was heard in a dispute with his wife over the possession of a watch and ring. Rice had bis wife's wed ding ring which she wanted, and she had her husband's watch, which she would not give up until he returned the ring. A few moments later, before the other occupants of the house were aware mat mere was irouoie oi serious nature brewing, the fearful deed had been done. - Mrs. Rice was sitting tn the front room of the house when her husband entered and deliberately fired ,at her as she held the baby In her lap.' He then turned the pistol on himself r and flredY falling dead. Rloe. and his .family made their thonittn trs. RJce'lul'uts,1hr he is !Wtd Whtfvd bejen tof a some what quarrelsome nature. He earned about 60 a month when at work but it is stated he seldom paid any thing for the board of himself and family, - William H. Groves, the father ol the dead woman, is a night watchman on Seventh street, northwest and h: had returned to the house this morn ing but a few' momenta before th tragedy occurred. He had placed his pistol and club on the mantel in the dining room.' and it was with this pistol that the crime was committed The couple had been married about two years. Rice is from Boyds. Md. , The police of the fifth precinct were notified and had the remains removed , to Providence Hospital at ' the same time notifying Coroner Nevltt. The child was also taken to the Providence Hospital. DEED OF A U;H.t:Vr'-, (By Leased "Wire t The Times.) Columbia, ; fl. ' C, Mayr T.-rPreston i Lowery, a prominent young farmer ef Kaludaj -a shot and instantly killed in his home yesterday by h fa) brother, lAwtott1 Itwcry, who, is sald wafe drlnkhig. - The -scene of the. killing via several miles from a .railroad and de tails are difficult to get., , ' y)' ;i' ! Lawton Lowery, after having realiz ed the enormity f his crime, - isvre' ported to have attempted suicide.' He came te Jito' brother"- xoom with a shotgun' and teld him he was going to kill him. The brother retreated t un der the .bed, .and as he was coming J out Lawton emptied the 'tontents Into CAIN j. his brther'B hoay,.kHllng him instantly. VESTIBULE WRECK ' v 1 ON THE SOUTHERN , By Leased Wire to The times.) . it: Charlotte, N. C. May 7. Southern vestibule train Ko, 38 was, wrecked one 'mils from ' Lexington' last : night , at 11 o'clock while running 30 miles ' an hour, The engine was reduced to junk, but. the engineer and fireman ' escaped,4 the latter being seriously ; hurt," however. , The two mall care . were also badly splintered, The. pas , sengers were taken back ho Salisbury, the track being blocked eleven hours. W. B. Haywood, who with C. J. accused of having conspired to have murdered, is shewn iif this picture. by President Roosevelt undesirable INTO A FREIGHT Four Persons are Killed and thirty Injured SOME ONE This is the Supposition, Though the Cause is -Really Unknown -The Scene of the Wreck is Near Moundsville, Ohio, on .the Haiti more A Ohio Railroad. ( fBv Leased Wire to The Times.) Wheeling. W. Va, May 7. Four per sons were killed and thirty Injured at 46 o clocK tins morning wnen iram No.' 7 on the Baltimore & Ohio Kail road, a through Chicago-New York train, mel in a head-on collision with freight train at Rosley Rock, two miles east of Moundsville. The cause of the accident has not been learned, but undoubtedly it is the samo old story some person blundered. v The dead are all employes of the railroad, while nearly all of the in jured were passengers on No. 7. The dead: P. A. CHRISTIE, fireman No. 7, lived near Moundsville. W. THONAN, fireman of the frelgh' train, Moiindovllle. C. W. WANNER, baggagcmastcr, of Moundsville. J. PAINTER, express messenger, of Moundsville. ; SEVERAL INJURED IN , MOBILE AND OHIO WRECK. By-Leased Wire to The Times.) feti Louis, Mot, May 7. In a head end collision between passenger train Ho. 2. on tho Mobile & Ohio Railroad and a freight train at Percy, 111., late lust hight, 'several persons were serf-. ously Injured. The passenger train wo running through tho town, which is not a regular stopping place, at a high rate of speed. . The two engines met with a tremendous crash. The engine of .the passenger' train . almost Jumped over the freight, ' The. two huge locomotives reared up against one another,, like ffghting monsters. In all tho. coaches the passengers were Jolted And bruised, . - ' ELECTION TODAY IN'' CHARLOTTE IS QVIET. (.Special to The Evening Times.)' Charlotte, N- Ci May. 7.-The mu nicipal election Is passing oft quietly. Mr. ST S. McNInch will be re-elected mayor for another term of two years. The; candidates endorsed by the Business-Men's Municipal League will all bo elected.- , - The ' RooseveUlan " sympathies of Mayor McNlnth, expressed after his nomination at the municipal primary. not causing - his : name to be scratched to an? extent, ,' .. , DASHED HEAD ON Mover and George Pettibone are Governor Bteunenberg of Idaho , Thefte are the men who are caiieu citizens. A LABOR CRISIS FACING FRISCO Five Hundred Armed Strike Breakers Come FEARS tF CLASH TODAY The Mayor Orders the Police . to Arrest Any Man Pound Carrying VeaH)ns, Whether Street Railway I Employer or Striker--TIie l,om pany Prepares for a Struggle. San rYancisco, Cal.. May 7. This city is facing the most serious labor crisis In Its history. No street cars are running. Charles Schwab de clared last night that under such labor changes the great Union Iron Works which has built some of the famous American warships will be closed forever. Already, said Mr. Schwab, more than 12.000,000 has been lost on warships because of labor troubles. A clash between the police and the non-union men, imported by the street railway company Is feared to day. ' The company will try to run its cars with non-union men. To this end five, hundred, armed strike-break ers have been brought to the city. ' In reply to this. Mayor Schmltz has ordered Chief of Police Dlnan to instruct the police to arrest any maS found carrying firms, whether street railway employe or striker. On the other hand, citizens whose ovnuinfhv &r with the street railway company declare that Mayor, Sdiinltx' is only bowiag to tne aictaie me labor unions. '' v Everyone here expects that either state or federal troops will be called Into the city before' the strike Is ended. T i. ,") '' '- The United Railways Company has prepared for a serious struggle, It tjas 600 non-union car man f in the big' Turg street barn at corner of Fillmore street. Cots haf been put ini and arrangements made to feed all the men Inside tha barn. All sides , of the barn have .been loop holed and armed guards will prevent any interference with the strlk breakers. It is declared that James V.-Farley will manage the fight. There is talk of the formation of a big citizens committee which will take over not only the government of the city but take drastic action in regard to the labor unions. ' ' i MOTHER OF PRESIDENT V . , . DIAZ PASSES AWAY. Mexico City, May 7.8enora i Att guf tine Castle Romero Rubto, mother of President Dlas, died last night1 of pneumonia.-- Mrs. Rublo was loved by all classes and the mourning la- uni versal. . - 'i, -'tli- esses Were HEARING' ENDS TODAY fi;.,Sfif.,tf; ' '' :.' t- :n'r.''T.'ST' Testimony' Jntroduced This Morning yaa Prinfipally to Discredit Wlt fciesseg Who Testified Agiiinst John W. 3Snri-City Teams Itegurd ed as'BtrtOy PHblie Properly. t. . . The Mangunt Investigation la nut yet over although It will be concluded noraetline today, as tills Is I he last diiy of the present board. This makes thu third time that the board of aldermen hnvo cot together on this raso and a largo number ot wltneti?es have been examined. The principal testimony this morning was to dlscredOAthe wit nesses vho testified against MaMnfn. The most interesting pointhroiight ut today by witnesses was tl way I?. vhleh wagons and horses owned by ihe' city are regarded, Several HUjoerses testified In regard to using the Kg de partment horses firemen when Wfit 5& their vacation and others tuUi Z.:Z Z?nZ,nJZ the city's' Wagons today If he could get the time to do so. of course no pay was received for the use of the waKons. Testimony, in brief of different wit nessen exapilned was as follows: Ed. Enniss,: a sleeper at one of thn fire house,, and Who works for the Wake WatipomPany thought Mr. R. C. Pool annemy of Mr. Mangum. Hi Was on duty only part of time during September and would not swear how many men were on duty. Heard Reek and Hamilton say they stayed there some during September. J. R. Holder, the rtvery man, said 'If he wanted 4 city wagon at any time that it was not being used he got It and fhe city borrowed'ifrem him. Said he wanted to use one-of the city wa gons today. i" W. H. Weatherspoon, who; does haul- never paid anything for une-of same. He used only the log wagon and got it from W. Z. Blake. Ernest Hill; r member of the Capital Fire Hose Company, heatd R. C. Pool say that he cul not like Mr. Mangum and did not believe him to be a fit man for chl';f: flint he would never let the drivers have a day off without paying for Kim p. From; way Mr. Pool spoke, considered him an enemy of Mr. Mangum. -Ernest BrldRers. a sleeper at one of the fir department houses, heard Mr. Rich Pool re.v he did not think Mr. Mangum th-1 proper man t6 be chief of the flrfi. depaitment. Did not consider hm Iri.n(ll:,' to Mr. Mangum. Peter Wtl. h. a sleeper at the Capital Fire Hos' Company house, had heard Mr. R. C. Pool speak of Mr. Mangum and, run him down to the very lowesc point. Hal perhaps heard him discuss Mr. Mangum a hundred times. He did It every day. Hefore Mr. Mangum took wago.i it was at the Capital Hose Company house exposed to th3 weather. Mr. Mangum made no state ment to him during September as to taking pay of extra man and usln money to buy carpets. He would S.Wear there wire five men on duty during September, 1906, but would not swear there were not six, -, Henry Punch, solicltlg freight agent of the Raleigh and Bouthport Railroad, hail heard R. C. Pool speak of Mr. Mangum. and from his remarks did net 'consider him friendly. ' Had used reserve horse of the fire depart ment. His horse was lame, and Mr. Mangum told him he could use the fire department horse as he needed ex ercise. Said nothing to him - about driving on back streets. -Tuldj of one occasion Deiore mr. juungum was ap pointed chief when Mr. R. C. Pool re fused to take him and Mr. Mangum home; they had been., fighting fire for several hours. E. S. Barbee, merchant ftnd broker, I boarded several horses at Mr. Man- gums stables. Tom Mr. Mangum lr he was hard up at any time to use his I horses, unless he (Barbee) needed them, of course. W. J. Andrews, president of the Ral eigh Electric Company, thought Mr. Mang-u had the complete electrical system of the city In better order than it ever was before: considered him a competent electnlclan. ..v .. .... John D. Mangum, assistant driver at the. fire department, said, he was no. bin n Mr John Mancrunv. Mr. - R h. i Pool seemed tn be an enemy of Mr. Mangum. He was a personal friesid of John W. Mangum. .Heard o state ment in regard to taking, money for extra sleeper and using Mine, to buy carpets. j- R. t. Oowan. formerly clerk o the Board' of Audit and Finance: told of Mr. Mangum coming to him and. say-; Ing he had some saolut to sell, and he told him to carry them: to ,thk milling I Number ol Witn -:.'. ;rii'ii fP . company and get. credit, for same; for. pletely wiped off the map. Great dam the; department, that if. said : ack ..age is' reported at Caney, a negro et werei sold .money would ih&v to be tlerMnt, and It is believed many rnre . .. . , j O J , ' ...... 4 . . (Continued oa Second Page.) , 0 1 1 This is Charles H. Moyer, the Western Miners' Union official who is tried for eon.plieity In the murder Idaho. Tho trial will attract world CAB REDDENED Train Boarded and Engineer Shot at Throttle THE BANDITS- VANISH The Engineer Had Been Ordered to ' Vncouple the Train, but Before He Could l)o So Was Wantonly Shot J)own Posse With Bloodhounds in Pursuit of Robbers. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Butte, Mont., May 7. Masked men early today held up tho North Coast Limited on the Northern Pa cific at Welsh's Spur, 15 mllas east of here. ihe robbers ordered the engineer to detach the express car and go ahead with it, but before the car could be uncoupled one of the men ilred, killing the engineer. The North Coast Limited usually carries large consignments of cur rency for western banks. A sheriff's posse with bloodhounds from the penitentiary has gone to the scene. After killing the engineer the bandits disappeared in the mountains. Two years ago the Burlington Flyer was held up near tho same place. DEATH CAME WHIRL OF WIND (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Mount Pleasant. Texas, May 7. Nine were killed and n any Injured by a tornado which wrecked the towns of Birthright and RIdgeway yesterday afternoon. Details aro meager, but it is known that other towns Suffered' heavily both In life and property. The cyclone practically destroyed the towns of RIdgeway and Birth- right, forty miles west of here The killed-eo far na known, are: MRS. BRASIL and baby. - . CALVIN TRAMMEL and son. - , . STEVENSON and wife SIDNEY LOCK LET and 'wife, . The moM seriously injured reported area Bert Pogue. '-skull fractured, Mrs. Ben Pogue, Internally : injured; Mrs. Joe Ferguson, scalp wound. . ... .... Birthright, a town of BOtf. was com. were killed here. BY MASKED MEN 1 ,4 of Governor Steuneuburg. of - wide attention. BY THE AVENGERS Lynch Law Dealt Out to a Negro Murderer The Negro Shot Down a Farmer and Escaped, Prominent But Was Captured After a Chase of Several Hours Members of His Family Whipiwd and Ordered to Leave. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Augusta, Ga., May 7. Charlie Harris, a negro farm hand, who yes terday afternoon shot and fatally wounded Harden Pearson, a promi nent farmer, near Dearlng, Ga., 25 miles west of Augusta, was taken into the heart of a deep swamp about 9 o'clock last night and swung up to a convenient tree. His body was then riddled with bullets and left sus pended. The mob of forty unmasked men proceeded from the scene of the lynching to the home of Harris on Pearson's farm, where all grown members of his family were severely whipped and ordered to leave Mc Duffio county, never to return, on pain of death. They left. All were considered a bad lot. Pearson was remonstrating with Harris because of poor work that had been done, when the negro became Infuriated, drew a revolver and emptied the contents Into Pearson's body. Several shots, all taking effect, were fired into the prostrate body. He was taken to his home, not far distant,' where ho Is dying, leaving a widow. ' Harris made his escape, but a posse quickly formed and captured him, after a ehaso of several hours. He was hiding in the home of a relative, several miles distant from the scene of the shooting. The mob started toward Thomson, the county-seat, for tho apparent purpose of delivering him to the sheriff. When In the depths of the swamp, Harris was told that quicker justice was to be meted out. When he saw the rope he lost his nerve and begged plteously for mercy. The negro had been In a good many scrapes of serious nature, In which ho made free use of his gun. No ar ms! s have been made. Harris was 25 vears of age and had been married about a year. KMCCTIOX OF TOWN OFFICERS IN WILSON. . , .i . . f. (Special to The Evening Times.) Wilson. N. C. Way 7.-Mayor John V. Moore and the democratic candi dates 'for aldermen were Elected to day by a small vote. " ' HANGED IN THE SWAM? Governor of Idatia Says E2 ports are false TOE TRIAL OF nAMOD This Celebrated Case, in' Which AU th Outrages in the Cone d' Aiene Will Figure in Charge, WIU Be gin Tomorrow Rrnnors of Start . ling Surprises Are Afloat. " (By J. 8. UNIGA?f.) Boise, Idaho, May 7. Governor Gooding is angered at reports appear- ' lng In various parts of the country to the effect that Boise is filled with' armed men; that fears are enter- , ' talned for the safety of the state's witnesses In the Haywood trial., and that the federal cavalry at Fort Boise Is held In readiness for action la case , of an outbreak. The governor, Sheriff Hodgin, Prosecutors Hawley ' and United States Senator Borah' de- , nounce such reports as ridiculous and state authoritatively that neither (he prosecution nor the defense has or needs any gun. - ' Haywood will go to trial day after ; tomorrow without any doubt. . To- morrow Judge Wood will settle , whether or not the prosecution must . furnish the defense with specific in formation as to the acts and consplra- cles in which Haywood participated1 in the alleged scheme Of the western federation of miner to dynamite and 1 murder mine owners and civil officers,: It will really be a trial of all the outrages committed during strike times in Colorado and ' the; Cotter d'Alene, and Detective McPartland of Denver, who bas prepared the case, will attempt to prove that Moyer.. Haywood and Pettibone were insti gators of riot and bloodshed. .r . r Witnesses fxOjn Cripple TJreek, toem who served ae deputy ahefltts and militia officers itnder Sherman Beli and -Governor Peabody, are here and more are coming. ' . Thirty subpoenas hare been served in Caldwell, where ex -Governor Steu- nenburg was killed. . ' As the day of trial approaches, ru mors of startling surprises are In vogue. One is that the state will overwhelm Haywood and his associ ates by disclosures proving them, guilty of villainous crimes. , Steve Adams, who was expected to corroborate Orchard, has retracted his confession, and Orchard knows It. If the latter should decline to make this confession on the witness stand It would be a startling denouement to this celebrated case. . The state's of ficers refuse to discuss any such con tingency. NO INDICATIONS OF TUMULT TO BE SEEN. (By Clarence S. D arrows.) Boise, Idaho, May 7. The little city . of Boise seems to be entirely unaware of its prominence in the World. The outsider who dropped into this city after crossing the prairies and the plains might imagine that he was in ' ' a New England congregational town on a Sunday morning. No one seems -excited. The stories of excitement and danger and assassination that have ' been put out through the country seem to be entirely born of the imagination . of the newspaper man. ,3 The first skirmish In the case since it was set for trial came off yesterday -morning. It arose upon a motion by ' the defendants that the state be com pelled to finish a bill of particulars setting up tbe facts Which they ex, . pect to prove. Although It had been known for several days that the bear- , ing would take place, not over thirty ; men were In the court room, and two- .,: thirds of these were lawyers and re porters. The argument was opened on , the political defense by Mr Richard son, of Denver, who Was 'followed by " Senator Borah and the final argument was made by :Wrl " Darrfew. ' ' Aftor hearing the lawyers the eotirt -took the,, matter under advisement-'until t W -nesday morning. . -1- - All the Indications point to the be ginning of the actual trial a Thuri- ' day. . . . ; FLAGMAN DIES OF THE " INJURIES HECEIVED. (Special to The 'EVenlng Times.) . ' ' Greensboro, N. C, Ifay 7. Lonnie ; Landritli.Uhe Southern Railway Bag man hd wa struck by north-bound, ', passenger trafn Kb. 4 0 early )ast Frl- v day Inofnlhg;1 dhsd from bis ihjurlee at 'ntwrf Vsterday In Bt,' Leo's hos pital, where be was carried Immedi ately after the 'accident - :. .'.'; ..' i .m i 0 - 1 iv 'T- . V" i '
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